Friday, March 27, 2015

Finally! A Friday Finish!!! It's 10:45pm, but it's still Friday. Here's my Urban Churn Dash QA quilt. I made it crib size at 44.5" x 55". You can find out more about the full-sized pattern and the quilt along at Piece N Quilt here.

I'm also excited that this quilt is finished because it's #3 of my Q1 FAL goals for A Lovely Year of Finishes. One more to finish by Monday the 31st... it's gonna be a nail biter!

I quilted it with Circle Lord's Egyptian Eye pattern. LOVE this quilting and how it gives the quilt so much movement. I even quilted it with light lilac thread on white! Love, love, love these colors together! A couple of them were in a little fat quarter bundle. I added a few too.

I always wondered where I would use this purple fairy fabric that I got really, really cheap when I first started quilting. This is the perfect backing for a baby girl quilt.

My little guy took this photo. I don't think I have many quilt photos where I am actually holding the quilt. 10:45pm... It's just too dark for a nice, outdoor, clothesline photo.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Pluto is my new rooster that I got this weekend. He is not afraid to pose for the camera. Here he is this morning. Today I fed him bread by hand. It was so sweet that he would gently take it from my hand and drop it on the ground to where his three "ladies" were waiting. He would make sure they had bread before he ate his. What a kind gentleman. Pluto already had his name when we got him. He is a lavender Ameraucana. The three pullets that I got with him lay gorgeous light green eggs. He does crow, but is quite quiet compared to the F1 Olive Egger that I got.

Wiggles (named by our almost eight-year-old son) is not so quiet. My son likes the singing group, The Wiggles, from Australia. That's where his name comes from. Pluto is the boss. Wiggles knows it. Wiggles is a F1 (first generation) Olive Egger. Can't wait to see what happens when I breed him to the other girls. He did come with a pullet to make a pair. She is still small. I don't think she lays eggs yet. She is very sweet. Her name is Raven.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

I was excited to see how well my new chickens and roosters did over the night. These two boys were in this small space for the evening. They did great together! Whew. What a relief that I can still keep them separated from the other hens for now this way. This group of new chickens are very friendly. I can tell that their previous owner handled them quite a bit.

The little black Easter egger pullet wants to be really close to me all the time. What a cutie! I have a feeling I'll be able to mix them with my other chickens smoothly in 2 - 4 weeks.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

I'm soooo excited to introduce some new chickens to our flock. We brought them home today.
Pluto (the rooster) is gorgeous! He is a lavender roo. These are not Easter Eggers. They are pure Ameraucanas. Just look at his long, flowing feathers.

Here's the three of his girls:

I also got a pair of F1 Olive eggers (pullet & cockerel). I guess it's mixed with an Easter Egger and a Black Copper Maran. It will be interesting to see what color eggs their babies will have??? Dark, bright blue... dark chocolate? Can't wait can't wait!

This is the color of the eggs from the lavender Ameraucanas! Sooooo eggciting!!! I'm not sure if I'm officially allowed to advertise them as that breed since I'm not sure if they are not a recognized breed yet? I'm not sure how that really works.

The plan is to let them get adjusted to the rest of the flock through the fence for two to four weeks. Then we'll let them breed. Then I'll figure out who my good brood hen is. Hopefully by June/July we'll have some cute little chicks. My son and sister-in-law are very excited about the process. Here's "Aunt Jo" holding the one rooster in the front seat of the truck on the way home. He was so gentle! He's being a little loud and crowing right now. I'm hoping for my husband's sake that he calms down soon.

Here's me with one of last year's chicks on roosting on my back while I was working on the coop.

Now those are some good lookin' chickens! And don't you like my "boots" planter
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